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Leah is a travel reporter for news.com.au and has spent most of her adult life roaming around the world as a journalist, press officer and actor. Over the past eight years at AAP she held a variety of roles, including travel editor and national medical correspondent. She’s constantly on the hunt for the best stories in travel, so if you have a tip be sure to get in touch.More from Leah McLennan

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Travel Stories

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS - AUG 14: Airplane travelers are waiting for their luggage from a conveyor belt at Schiphol airport on August 14, 2014 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

You don’t expect to see this at the airport

WHEN passengers arrived to collect luggage trolleys, they found far more than they expected.

Flights

What makes this airline so special?

THIS airline is very different to most around the world. Would you fly with this airline?

Destinations

World’s freaky X-mas traditions

THERE are some strange and downright spooky Christmas traditions around the world. If you travel to these countries, would you dare partake?

Adventure

‘My trick to enjoy two Christmases’

CHRISTMAS, some travellers just can’t get enough of it. Steph Lineen is one of many who manage to have a 48 hour Christmas Day while saving money on flights.

Health & Safety

Scene from 1975 Steven Spielberg movie Jaws

The world’s deadliest tourist attractions

IT’S the real-life Jaws beach, with 250 shark attacks in its recorded history. But, surprisingly, tourists can’t keep away.

Environment

Firefighters at a fast moving grass fire in the Epping area in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Saturday, Dec 19. 2015. Strong wind gusts up to 80km/h are expected to make firefighters' jobs difficult in dry conditions this weekend. (AAP Image/David Crosling) NO ARCHIVING

Massive heatwave takes toll

A MAN has been arrested over a blaze, as Australia battles through a dangerously hot weekend.

North America

The ghost town frozen in time

THIS town was once a bustling place where dreams of riches came true. But it rose almost as fast as it decline. Would you dare to visit this eerie place?

OpinionEurope

Lofoten Wall towering over fishing village in Norway, from Lonely Planet's Wild World

What we can learn from the ‘best place’

THIS country has beaten us for the 12th time in a row in the UN’s ‘Best Place to Live’ list. Listen up Australia, this is why we took out silver and not gold.

Flights

Children flying on aeroplane - high-spirited child playing on plane annoying passengers. (Thinkstock Dv2074047[1])

The most annoying things about travel

TRAVELLING has its ups and downs. And while it’s mostly a wonderful experience there are some things along the way that can drive us crazy.

Travel Money

One passenger jet comes in for a landing and in view of a line of planes waiting to takeoff, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, in SeaTac, Wash. Boeing Co., Alaska Airlines and the Port of Seattle announced Wednesday that they are partnering on a $250,000 study to explore how to bring more aviation biofuel to airplanes at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Executives for the companies and port signed an agreement, saying the study will help stimulate production of alternatives to conventional jet fuel. They say the longer term plan is to incorporate more biofuel into the airport’s fuel farm, which is used by all 26 airlines. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Teenager scams passengers for $240,000

HUNDREDS of passengers have already fallen for this scam. It’s a reminder that if you’re travelling, you need to stay aware of con artists.

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